§ 128-26A. Reciprocity of creditable service with other State-administered retirement systems. - North Carolina Statutes

§128‑26A.  Reciprocity of creditable service with other State‑administeredretirement systems.

(a)        Only for thepurpose of determining eligibility for benefits accruing under this Article,creditable service standing to the credit of a member of the LegislativeRetirement System, Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, or the Teachers'and State Employees' Retirement System shall be added to the creditable servicestanding to the credit of a member of this System; provided, that in the eventa person is a retired member of any of the foregoing retirement systems, suchcreditable service standing to the credit of the retired member prior toretirement shall be likewise counted.  In no instance shall service creditsmaintained in the aforementioned retirement systems be added to the creditableservice in this System for application of this System's benefit accrual rate incomputing a service retirement benefit unless specifically authorized by thisArticle.

(b)        A person who was aformer member of this System and who has forfeited his creditable service inthis System by receiving a return of contributions and who has creditableservice in the Legislative Retirement System, Consolidated Judicial RetirementSystem, or the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System may count suchcreditable service for the purpose of restoring the creditable serviceforfeited in this System under the terms and conditions as set forth in thisArticle and reestablish membership in this System.

(c)        Creditable serviceunder this section shall not be counted twice for the same period of timewhether earned as a member, purchased, or granted as prior service credits.  (1989(Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1066, s. 35(b).)